Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I think I 'll I 'll not wait for Er if nothing comes in the post tomorrow I wo n't wait for the conference centre to get in touch with me , I 'll write to them tomorrow and drop it in . |
2 | She said , ‘ I 'm sorry if I got in the way just now , when you wanted to talk about the vineyard . ’ |
3 | ‘ When Chelsea signed me Ian Porterfield told me that if I got in the side he would n't drop me so I want to make up for lost time . ’ |
4 | and there was a girl on and she said what is a bolster case and when I tried to explain to her she looked at me as if I lived in the ark and that was going back twenty years ago . |
5 | ‘ Mark me well , for I 'll have you and your crowning glory , and the house , and the money , if I die in the attempt ! ’ |
6 | The sharing of genes means that it is possible to sacrifice myself for my sister in such a way that , even if I die in the process , a proportion of my genes will survive in the next generation . |
7 | But I think that 's the only thing were , if I worked in a benefit office I would n't get on very well , because if I saw something I 'd try and move heaven and earth to make everything to go right for me . |
8 | For a few seconds , she regarded the coatstand with its disfigured mirror , and then , creasing her brow in bewildered concentration , she thought : If I look in the mirror and do n't see myself , then I 'm a ghost . |
9 | I 've accepted that if I open in a play in Lourdes about the life and times of Mother Teresa , the press will write : ‘ Yiddishe Momma in NUN-sense ’ . |
10 | Tim 's coming up to move the bath back and all that you see , this old bath and erm , do some pipe work , but until that 's all done , erm , er , until this woman is sorted out , because if I find in the end we 've got to insulate again , then I know how I feel , I mean that tongue and groove going up polystyrene in the lounge and yesterday I think he 's got a new organ |
11 | ‘ And although I do n't think I 've played as badly as people have said , I think I can get more out of myself , and more out of others around me , if I play in a midfield alongside Gazza . ’ |
12 | If I believe in a film I 'll do it . |
13 | ‘ And if I live in a factory town , I must speak factory language when I want it . |
14 | Mind if I work in the garage today ? ’ |
15 | If she believed in the possibility of Samantha 's early release , so much the better . |
16 | If she lived in a mill town , the choice was more or less made for her . |
17 | It was conceivable , she supposed , that if she remained in the village she might see him from time to time , and if she was lucky , she thought bleakly , he might even speak to her . |
18 | It was a relief therefore to make for the frozen shore where the parson was protesting that his wife would be safer and more comfortable if she remained in the carriage . |
19 | No one was within earshot , they were miles from anywhere , it seemed , and even if she jumped in the river and swam for it the chance that she would outmanoeuvre him in the water was slim . |
20 | If she works in a shop or office , she could take samples of her work to show her colleagues or she could offer to make a garment for a friend for just the price of the yarn . |
21 | 3 This Plan gives you THREE different kinds of protection : payments for all kinds of permanent injuries ; plus hospitalisation and convalescence benefits while you 're recovering ; or death benefit for your next of kin if you die in an accident . |
22 | She confers immortality , as you 'd find if you fell in the river , and protects the hero 's soul . |
23 | And if you remember in the past , we agreed that we would send either one or two people on the project management safety courses that were being run by Vic . |
24 | After some deliberation , the group made a proposal , ‘ We 'll sign with you , ’ they said , ‘ if you throw in a Steinway Grand piano , non-recoupable . ’ |
25 | ‘ If you mean in the raft , you may not , ’ Silas drawled . |
26 | But if you went in the horse box on your single you 'd be all day getting there . |
27 | But if you get in a couple of hours |
28 | If you get in a fight , short hair is an advantage since your opponent can not grasp it . |
29 | If you try to speak to any body you will be ignored , if you get in the way you 'll be knocked down in the wild scramble to get goods away to Paris , London , Brussels , and all the great centres of northern and eastern France . |
30 | If you get in the boat , we 'll all drown ! ’ |